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Organization Mgmt, Sales Strategies -There is no additional organizational management or sales strategies for this requirement outside of a service providers "normal" ONAP deployment and its attendant organizational resources from a service provider.
A1
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Policy
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Function Extensions (ORAN/ONAP/3GPP Harmonization)
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Key Contacts - John Keeney, Zu Qiang (Ericsson) , Michela Bevilacqua
Executive Summary - This feature requirement enhances A1 Policy Management for the O-RAN A1 interface capabilities provided in Rel 6 as part of 5G/ORAN & 3GPP Standards Harmonization requirement ( REQ-38) and extended in Rel 7 with the introduction of A1 policy management. O-RAN has defined A1 interface specification in the context of the management of 5G RAN elements to provide , 7 & 8. Work will continue by extending & evolving support for using A1 Policies to manage 5G RAN elements by providing intent based policies for optimization of the RAN network performance. Planned enhancements for Rel 8 9 include support of new A1 interface version in alignment versions to align with new versions & improvements to O-RAN alliance and common logging/auditspecifications.
Business Impact - Continuing the convergency between ONAP and ORAN for A1 interface to used by all service providers and avoid duplicate development efforts.
Business Markets - Enhanced A1 capabilities , once developed, will be useable usable by any service provider deploying and using ONAP.
Funding/Financial Impacts - A1 A1 interface provides a flexible way for the operator to manage wide area RAN network optimization, reducing capex investment needs.
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